Jay Ward

Paul Umansky, an opera lover, occasional actor and, for more than two decades, the public voice of Sinai Hospital, died March 27 at the Gilchrest Center. He was 81, and died following a three-year bout with multiple myeloma. "He was a great guy," said...

Lucille Bliss, who provided the voice of the cartoon character Crusader Rabbit in the early days of television and gained recognition a generation later as the voice of Smurfette in the 1980s television hit "The Smurfs," has died. She was 96. Bliss...

DreamWorks Animation, the Glendale-based studio behind the "Shrek" and "Madagascar" movies, is buying Classic Media, a company that owns the rights to "Casper the Friendly Ghost," "Lassie," "The Lone Ranger" and other iconic entertainment characters,...

Post-Memorial Day edition of This Week at Orlando's Theme Parks and Attractions: + On Thursday, Starship performs at the monthly Velvet Sessions at Universal's Hard Rock Hotel. More info: www.velvetsessions.com. + Thursday is the final day for Snow...

Post-Memorial Day edition of This Week at Orlando's Theme Parks and Attractions: + On Thursday, Starship performs at the monthly Velvet Sessions at Universal's Hard Rock Hotel. More info: www.velvetsessions.com. + Thursday is the final day for Snow White'...

"Underdog" and "Tennessee Tuxedo": The 1960s cartoon superhero Underdog, who as a giant balloon flew the streets of New York every Thanksgiving morning for two decades, has had all his adventures collected, in chronological order, in a nine-disc box set...

Call the makers of Pixar’s “Cars” movies gearheads. They don’t mind. They even have a “Cars Guardian” on staff to ensure the auto-thenticity of the vehicles we see on the screen, from the 1970 Richard Petty “...

Here's a quick look at the wealth of entertainment options this weekend at Orlando's theme parks and attractions: + It's the final weekend of the Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival. This weekend's HGTV guest is designer popular Vern Yip, who...

???I just adore cars.??? That one statement tells you why director John Lasseter felt compelled to follow up Pixar???s hit film ???Cars??? with a sequel. It seems that when Lasseter was traveling the world promoting the first film, he was......

Walt Disney World has declared the last days of its Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival will be dedicated to Pixar — to mark the studio's 25th anniversary and the upcoming release of “Cars 2.” The celebration on May 14 and 15 ...

Mater, Lightning McQueen and the British spy Finn McMissile are visiting Downtown Disney this weekend, part of a “Cars 2″ themed “Car Masters” event to drum up interest in the upcoming sequel to Pixar's “Cars,” in...

Here's a quick look at the wealth of entertainment options this weekend at Orlando's theme parks and attractions: + It's the final weekend of the Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival. This weekend's HGTV guest is designer popular Vern Yip, who...